A mountain goat has been hit by a bicyclist twice in the last week and a half along a recreation path connecting Copper Mountain and Frisco, Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed Friday.

“It seems like both of these are just unfortunate coincidences,” said Lauren Truitt, statewide spokeswoman for CPW. “It doesn’t seem to be any fault of the cyclists. It seems more just like bad timing where they were coming around a corner, and a goat stepped out or ran out in front of them.”

The state wildlife agency isn’t aware of any injuries to the goat or humans stemming from the collisions, first reported by CBS4.

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